MINAMOTO Takahito
| MINAMOTO Takahito | |
|---|---|
| File:Dr. MINAMOTO Takahito 源尊仁 博士.jpgDr. MINAMOTO Takahito 源尊仁 博士.jpg | |
| Native name | 源 尊仁 みなもと たかひと |
| Born | 1993 Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan |
| 🏡 Residence | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 🏳️ Nationality | Japanese |
| Other names | Taka・Mina |
| 🏫 Education | Kyoto University London Business School Justus-Liebig Universität Gießen |
| 🎓 Alma mater | Kyoto University |
| 💼 Occupation | |
| Title | |
| Board member of | MITAKY High-Tech KUGE Society |
| Family | Minamoto |
| 🌐 Website | MinamotoTakahito.com |
Minamoto Takahito (源 尊仁 MINAMOTO Takahito, born 1993, Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese entrepreneur, businessman and real estate investor. He is the representative director and CEO of Mitaky High-Tech Corporation.[1] He is also the founder and president of KUGE Society. Minamoto is an expert and strategic adviser in the fields of biotechnologies, robotics and smart farming to the governments of Asian and African nations for their strategies in technology advancement.[2]
Education
Minamoto earned two M.Sc degrees from Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.[3] One was from Graduate School of Agriculture; and the other was Global Environment Policy, from Graduate School of Global Environmental Studies.[4] He completed data analysis in qualitative research from Justus Liebig University Giessen in Giessen, Hesse, Germany in 2012; then an executive programme from London Business School in London, England, United Kingdom.[3][4] He has roots in Kamigyō-ku, Kyoto, Japan.[3] His family name of Minamoto (源) is one of the ancient and noble surnames in Japan.[5]
Career
Kyoto University

Minamoto has worked as editor for an official English scientific magazine of Kyoto University— KyotoU Research News, at Public Relation Division, Kyoto University.[6] He also served as a R&D researcher at Laboratory of Field Robotics and Bio-sensing Engineering Laboratory, both from Graduate School of Agriculture.[4] In Laboratory of Field Robotics, he accomplished his thesis in development of a new autonomous driving technology for rice transplanter using low-cost Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) system.[7] After that, he continued to accomplish another project of development the autonomous integrated indoor robots system between harvesting robots and quadcopters in a greenhouse, at Bio-sensing Engineering Laboratory.[4][8]
Yanmar Holdings

In 2018, Minamoto served as a R&D researcher in the Innovation & Technology Division, at the Central R&D Centre of a Japanese multinational conglomerate—Yanmar Holdings, as he wanted to contribute directly to the development of agricultural robots and work closely with Japanese farmers. During this period, together with other principal engineers of the global R&D Centre, Minamoto has contributed and developed autonomous and robotic machineries for the firm, which included rice transplanter robots, combine harvester robots, and robot tractors.[9] Then, he transferred to the global headquarters of the conglomerate in Osaka to take charge of strategic planning on carbon neutrality strategies and managing a 5-million USD green energy investment portfolio for more than 120 subsidiaries of the conglomerate around the world.[10]
Mitaky High-Tech
Minamoto founded and has been leading Mitaky High-Tech Corporation as its representative director and chief executive officer (CEO).[1][2] In order to realise the mission of contributing to the technological advancements of emerging economies in ASEAN and Africa, through providing research and development on high technologies, as well as Japanese technologies transferring and strategies advising services to the Governments.[1][2] He is also operating his real estate business with an investment portfolio of Minamoto Villa (源ラィヴ)—a rental and shared properties management business in Japan.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "MITAKY High-Tech Corporation|株式会社源尊京ハイテク". Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Collaboration meeting between MITAKY High-Tech and Ministry of Science & Technology, Vietnam in Hue City, Vietnam regarding agricultural robots and digitalisation of agriculture". Journal of Doi Moi Sang Tao, Ministry of Science & Technology, Government of Vietnam. March 10, 2022. Archived from the original on 2023-09-09. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "源 尊仁について|MINAMOTO Takahito - 起業家" (in 日本語). Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 [https://jglobal.jst.go.jp/detail?JGLOBAL_ID=202301017526298894 "J-GLOBALの研究者情報|源 尊仁" (in 日本語). Retrieved 2021-04-10.]
- ↑ 倉本, 一宏 (2019). 公家源氏: 王権を支えた名族 (in 日本語). Tokyo: 中央公論新社. p. 185. ISBN 4121025733, 9784121025739 Check
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- ↑ "Public Relation Division||Kyoto University" (PDF). Kyoto University. 2016-10-10.
- ↑ "京都大学における農業系研究開発プロジェクトの現状と未来 ~産官学連携による農業のパラダイムシフトに向けて". Kyoto University. 2022.
- ↑ 近藤, 直; 門田, 充司; 野口, 伸 (2004). 農業ロボット: 基礎と理論, 第 1 巻. 東京都: コロナ社. p. 193. ISBN 4339052159, 9784339052152 Check
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- ↑ Szondy, David (2018-07-22). "Yanmar's robotic tractors bring autonomous vehicles out to farm". New Atlas.
- ↑ "ヤンマーグリーンチャレンジ2050". ヤンマーホールディングス社会式株|メディア部 (in 日本語). 2022-05-11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-05-20. Retrieved 2023-04-16.
External links
- Official website
- Official profile at Japan Science & Technology Agency (JST) (in Japanese)
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